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Soup Kitchen Loses Donors Because Of Paul Ryan What You Can Do About It
October 18, 2012
By Kimberley Johnson
Last week, Paul Ryan and his campaign forced their way into the Mahoning County St. Vincent De Paul Society soup kitchen for a photo-op. Ryan picked up a clean pot and started washing it to prove what a great guy he is. He got caught.
Ryans pathetic attempt to appear charitable in order to score votes has backfiredfor the charity. The organization that runs the facility told Huffington Post that donors have been pulling their money out of the charity. Huffpost reports: Brian J. Antal, president of the Mahoning County St. Vincent De Paul Society, confirmed that donors have begun an exodus in protest over Ryans embarrassment. The monetary losses have been big. It appears to be a substantial amount, Antal said. You can rest assured there has been a substantial backlash. He added I cant say how much [in] donations we lost. Donations are a private matter with our organization.
Whaaaaaaaa? The charity is suffering because Paul Ryan chose to try to fool the American people to prove that hes such a great guy??
When the story broke, Antal told the Washington Post the photo of Ryan should never have happened. He told the newspaper that Ryan and his team ramrodded their way inside and the photo-op was not authorized.
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http://www.addictinginfo.org/2012/10/18/soup-kitchen-loses-donors-because-of-paul-ryan-what-you-can-do-about-it/
CurtEastPoint
(18,668 posts)It is shameful they are losing $$ due to Eddie Munster.
http://mahoningsvdp.org/
or
Donations can be sent to: St. Vincent de Paul Society Mahoning County P.O. Box 224 Youngstown, Ohio 44501. Our PayPal account is attached to bantal@svdpusa.org.
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Mahoning-County-District-St-Vincent-DePaul-Society/215152125241983?fref=ts
Some wonderful comments there.
ellisonz
(27,711 posts)People shouldn't go hungry because of Paul Ryan
CurtEastPoint
(18,668 posts)NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts).
Their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Mahoning-County-District-St-Vincent-DePaul-Society/215152125241983
Donate at their homepage: http://mahoningsvdp.org/
Polly Hennessey
(6,810 posts)I donated.
Fresh_Start
(11,330 posts)once the story about the soup kitchen was losing donations made the press
redStateBlueHeart
(265 posts)That's not right. I mean, I know Paul Ryan sucks, but...
ProudProgressiveNow
(6,129 posts)MFM008
(19,823 posts)again and again.
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,729 posts)zbdent
(35,392 posts)the money for this place? I would think that the conservatives were supposed to be the "more charitable" ones to the poor, they keep harping on how much they "donate" to charity.
If they lost so much due to their association with Lyin' Ryan, and they're trying to blame it on liberals, then that means the liberals, not the conservatives, were the more charitable ones there ...
Raster
(20,998 posts)...because Lyin' Ryan was exposed yet again...(wait for it)... as a LIAR!
Response to Raster (Reply #13)
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Raster
(20,998 posts)...because of a poorly-planned, poorly-staged photo op, and that the president of the kitchen told the truth. THE AUDACITY! Telling the truth about Lyin' Ryan. Irony level ONE.
And this is a St. Vincent De Paul soup kitchen which is a CATHOLIC CHARITY. Irony level two.